Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1917 — Rev. J. T. Abbott Fills Methodist Pulpit [ARTICLE]

Rev. J. T. Abbott Fills Methodist Pulpit

Rev. J. T. Abbott of Portland, Oregon, occupied the pulpit at the Methodist church in this city Sunday. Rev. Abbott preached a most excellent sermon. He is a brother of Mrs. B. D. McColly and she had as her guests for Sunday dinner the Rev. Abbott, John A. Abbott, a brother, of Indianapolis, and her two siste" Mrs. Bowman Switzer and Mrs. Kor,ah Daniels. Rev. Abbott is a delegate to the Sunday school * convention of the Methodist church, which meets in Chicago annually. His appointment is for four years and he will therefore be in attendance there once each year for that period. He is one or the strong preachers of the Methodist church and now has a very large church at Portland.